how to get session variables from cookie string
<?php
require_once 'login.php';
$connection = new mysqli($db_hostname,$db_username,$db_password,$db_database);
if($connection->connect_error) die ($connect->connect_error);
if (isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) &&
isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']))
{
$username = mysql_entities_fix($connection,$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']);
$password = mysql_entities_fix($connection,$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']);
$query = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '$username'";
$result = $connection->query($query);
if(!$result) die ($connection->error);
elseif ($result->num_rows)
{
$row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_NUM);
$result->close();
$salt1="!@#$";
$salt2="$#@!";
$token = hash('ripemd128',"$salt1$password$salt2");
if($token == $row[3])
{
session_start();
$_SESSION['username'] = $username;
$_SESSION['password'] = $password;
$_SESSION['forename'] = $row[0];
$_SESSION['surname'] = $row[1];
echo "$row[0] $row[1] : Hi '$row[0]' you are logged
in as '$row[2]'";
die("<p><a href = continue.php> CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE</a></p>");
}
else {die("Invalid Username/ Password Combination");}
}
else
{
die("Invalid Username/ Password Combination");
}
}
else
{
header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Restricted Section"');
header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
die("Please enter your username and password to Login");
}
$connection->close();
function mysql_entities_fix($connection,$var)
{
return htmlentities(mysql_entities_string($connection,$var));
}
function mysql_entities_string($connection,$var)
{
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) $var = stripslahes($var);
return $connection->real_escape_string($var);
}
?>